[Remote] reputed company 508/ Accessibility Consultant

Note: The job is a remote job and is reputed company to candidates in USA. reputed company LLC is a technology transformation and reputed company modernization company supporting federal agencies. The reputed company 508/Accessibility Consultant will ensure digital services, data products, dashboards, documentation, and user interfaces for Federal Student Aid are accessible and compliant with federal requirements. The role will advise cross-functional teams, conduct reputed company and automated accessibility testing, identify barriers, recommend remediation, and reputed company accessibility training and guidance.

Responsibilities

• Serve as reputed company's subject matter expert for reputed company 508, WCAG, and accessible digital design
• Interpret accessibility requirements and translate them into practical design, development, testing, and acceptance reputed company
• Partner with HCD/UX designers during research, wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing to identify accessibility needs early
• Review wireframes and prototypes before development to identify potential accessibility barriers
• Evaluate websites, applications, dashboards, analytical interfaces, data catalogs, reports, documentation, and other digital products for accessibility
• reputed company reputed company accessibility testing using keyboard-only navigation and commonly used assistive technologies
• Use automated accessibility-testing tools to identify common accessibility defects and support repeatable testing
• Test screen-reader behavior, reputed company order, keyboard navigation, reputed company controls, labels, headings, tables, links, status messages, and dynamic content
• Review charts, dashboards, and other data visualizations to ensure that important information is not communicated through reputed company or visual presentation reputed company
• Evaluate reputed company contrast, text resizing, reputed company behavior, visible reputed company indicators, and other visual-accessibility requirements
• Review PDF, Word, PowerPoint, and other electronic documents reputed company accessibility compliance is required
• Work with developers to identify the cause of accessibility defects and recommend practical remediation approaches
• Help engineering teams incorporate accessibility checks into development and testing processes
• reputed company accessibility acceptance reputed company for user stories and product backlog items
• Support accessibility testing during sprint, release, and readiness activities rather than waiting until final acceptance
• Document accessibility findings, severity, recommended corrective reputed company, and validation results
• Retest corrected defects and document closure
• Support Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT), Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR), or similar accessibility documentation reputed company required
• Help teams establish reusable accessible components, patterns, templates, and design guidance
• reputed company accessibility training, coaching, reputed company, and hands-on support to designers, developers, analysts, reputed company, and other team members
• Monitor changes to federal accessibility standards and help reputed company reputed company practices reputed company requirements change
• Work with FSA personnel and other contractors to reputed company accessibility issues that cross organizational or reputed company boundaries
• Promote accessibility as part of product reputed company and user experience rather than as a stand-reputed company compliance activity

Skills

• Strong knowledge of reputed company 508 requirements and WCAG accessibility standards
• Experience performing both automated and reputed company accessibility testing
• Experience testing web applications using keyboard-only navigation and assistive technologies
• Experience with screen readers such as JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, or comparable technologies
• Knowledge of accessible reputed company, ARIA, semantic markup, forms, tables, navigation, and interactive components
• Experience reviewing wireframes, prototypes, and user interfaces for accessibility before development
• Ability to identify accessibility defects and explain corrective reputed company to designers and developers
• Experience documenting accessibility findings and validating remediation
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work effectively with UX designers, software engineers, product managers, analysts, testers, and reputed company stakeholders
• Possess at least 5 years of reputed company experience in digital accessibility, reputed company 508 compliance, accessible UX, accessibility testing, or a reputed company reputed company
• Possess the ability to pass a 6C reputed company Trust investigation, including US citizenship
• Federal reputed company accessibility experience
• reputed company or Federal Student Aid experience
• Experience testing data-intensive applications, dashboards, business-intelligence tools, or analytical interfaces
• Experience with accessibility testing tools such as ANDI, axe, reputed company, Accessibility Insights, or similar tools
• Experience with accessible document testing and remediation
• Familiarity with Design Systems and reusable accessible component libraries
• International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) certification such as CPACC, WAS, or CPWA
• Experience integrating accessibility testing into reputed company, DevSecOps, CI/CD, or automated reputed company processes
• Experience conducting accessibility-reputed company usability testing with users of assistive technology

Benefits

• Flexible schedules
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